Recently, at my uncle's house, we had a very big pooja(ritual) called the "Seetha Raman Kalayanam", which is basically a marriage between Lord Rama and Goddess Seetha. Usually, we have several devotees attending this ritual. The ritual involves a group of vedic scholars singing and narrating the story of their marriage. And after that a small ritual is performed to end the bigger ritual. So, the same happened at my uncle's house but with a twist.
A gentleman, colleague to another uncle and also a staunch Brahmin with high moral values was asked to have a few words. When he took the mic, most of us assumed he was going to add his views about the ritual. But, what came after a minute of his speech was absolute nonsense. The gentleman started off talking about the ritual and soon started quoting the in famous song "why this kolaveri di" and how it is falling as a negative vibration in the minds of many today. Most of us including me laughed at it. I laughed at it because he used the words "negative vibrations" which are used by my dad literally everyday when I listen to a song which is never of his taste irrespective of what it means. Coming back to the gentleman's speech, he kept talking about how this song impacted on every youth's mind. I later realised how stupid or Ill mannered this person could be. He takes the mic to speak about a ritual but then diverts the topic to something else and makes the people laugh about it. I personally thought it was unnecessary during a ritual.
What is wrong in people of any age listening to a song like kolaveri di? What is wrong in listening to a song which does not involve any religious meaning? Many people especially "old school" consider many songs which is of not their taste and preference as a negative vibration or a nuisance. The same set of people watch commercial movies, comedy scenes, use foul language, etc. But, for those who are the opposite or like me who enjoy all varieties of music or just the commercial songs still adjust, encourage and put up with those people who I consider irrational and lack humanity.
There is no point talking about religion, positive/negative vibration, etc when the mind is not coming to terms to accept everyone's feelings, tastes and preferences and rather being self-centred. We all should be rational, accept everyone as how they are and stop criticising about their interests. Coming back to this gentleman, it would have been better had he just added his views about the ritual and made use of the opportunity of talking in the mic. "It is what you talk when asked to". I would like to quote, that today, after winning the Australian open women's singles final, the Grandslam winner, aged 22, spoke brilliantly and succinctly.
Apologies if I hurt anyone's feelings through this post.
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